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THE OREGON ARGUS: rutuansu nix iTUDr moimiko, , BY WILLIAM L. ADAMS,,, TBHXS-Tht A sous Kill t. furnithti at Three Dillari and Pifty Ctnli per annum, in uitunc; fa tingle mhieriberi Three Dollart b tack li etuht ef ten at tnt office in adranrt When the money it not paid in adenine, four Dollart mill be charged if paid within li mtntht, and Fire failure at the end of the year. ZT Tmo Dtlltrt for tlx nonthtSt eubecrip. tiaa received fur a leee period, fjf Sa piper diteonlinaed until all or r earn gee art paid, unlree at the option of the pulilither. ,r&EKKiya!rH. Comets.-TIio grout olt ,crvatory of Harvard College was estab lished in 1847. Among the many brilliant discoveries mode there sinco Its establish mcnt, aro no lew than fourteen comets.- ;'Ino were discovered by the Indefatigable labor 'of Mr. Geo. P. Bond. . The tenth was discovered In March, 1853, by Mr. .Charles W. Tuttlc. The remaining four bjr Mr. Horace P. Tuttlc. ' ' Few persons aro awaro of the patience nnd labor exercised by the astronomer in niakiug discoveries of this kiud. It re quires several years' , study and prac tice to qualify one to disco rtr a telescopic comet. It is undoubtedly very easy to look at a comet already visible to the na ked eye In the heavens; but when it Is re quired to discover an unknown one, wan dering in its ' long travel of a thousand years, in the profound abyss of space, the labor then becomes truly prodigious. The amount of physical suffering, occasioned by exposure to all kinds of temperature, the bending and twisting of the body when examining near tho zcuith, and the con stant strain of, the eye, cannot be fully un derstood and appreciated by one uuac quainted with an astronomer's life. ". Tho astronomer, w ith his telescope, begins at the going down of the sun, and exam ines, in zones', with the utmost care and vigilance the starry vault, and continues till ' the ' circling hours' bring the sun to the eastern horizon, when star and comet fade from his view. It requires several nights to complete a thorough survey of the heav ens; and often these uights do not follow in succession, being interrupted by the full 'moon, by clouds and auroras, nnd by vari ous other meteorological phenomena, lie is frequently vexed by passing clouds fleet ing through tho midnight sky, and strong und chilly brews of the night.' ; Biis labors 'ore continued throughout tlic year, and his unwearied exertions do not slacken during the long wintry nights, when the froze.u . particles of snow and ice, driveu before the 'northern Mast, cause the stars to sparkle -with unusual lustre, and his breath to con geal on the eye-piece .of his telescope. It frequently happens, that his labors are not crowned with a discovery until after sev eral years' search. ' ' Nothing can exceed the subliuio specta cle presented to ; tho astronomer under a clear midnight skv, as he sweeps athwart the gorgeous constellations in their 'starry Glance around their appointed center. Oc casionally the field of the telescope is filled with tho dazzling radiance of unnumbered suns of a variety of rich and beautiful col ors. The field of tho telescope is oft n ;illumlned by the sudden transit of a far-off aneteor, invisible to the naked eye. Som timcs a large one falls from the zenith, and silently exploding, fills the midnight sky with a startling 'sjiectrid light..' Tho soli ; tude and silence of tho night arc broken, in spring, summer, and autumn, by low mur muring voices of migrating birds, and the 'lialf-supprcsscd buildings of their weary wings which darken for a moment tho field of his telescope iu their flight. These arc the only living companions of the astrono .mcr afloat hi the sky at miduight. :r i r There is a momentary excitement, wlien bis wearied eye detects a small wisp of pale scattered light in the field of his tel escope.' It is very comet-like, bnt he docs , uot feel quite sure that he is not tantalized with a nebula a cluster of stars so re mote as to defy the utmost power of as sisted Vision to resolve it into its individual ! components.. He immediately ascertains its exact position, and examines the catn- logucs for informatioa of its character. If it is unrecorded, he is obliged to bring the wondrous 'mechanism of human hands to his assistance. The sidereal clock, and the . minutely graduated circles of his telescope, accurately inform him of its right ascension and declination. Usually, the distance of the unknown body is rigorously measured by the Bicromctct-a'work'of unsurpassed , delicacy from a star iu the same field. At the end of several boors his labors are - rewarded by the discovery of a new ncb . ula, or the slow but decisive movements of a comet. It is a moment of intense feel ing. , A new' globe has hove iii sight from the uttermost bounds of human vision. v Whence has it come, and whither is it go ing ? What is ite distance from the earth and from' the sun ? When will it be ncar- '' est to the earth, and when to the san ? What are its velocity and magnitude ? Will it become visible to the nuked eye ? , nd has it ever before appeared within the memory of man, or on the records of his '. tory ? These are questions that he cannot immediately answer, nis mmd, aided by the most powerful analysis, penetrates into the secret workings of the Infinite Mind, and, by a mysterious process, evolves the answers to his queries. ' " "Three complete observations, made on three different dsys, or longer intervals of - time, famish him with the basis of his cal ' eolations of the unknown particulars of the ' comet Tby are technically called the A Weekly Newspaper, devoted to the Principles of Jeffereoniaa Democracy, and advocating Vol. IV. element of its orbit. With these three great celestial marks, he proceeds to tho calculation of the elements, a work of ex ceeding great labor and difficulty. It Is a problem of puro geometry; and the illus trious Newton, who first solved this gigan tic problem and applied It successfully to tho great comet of- 1080, pronounced it 'probUma longe dijficilimum.' A didin- guished American astronomer, Ililtcnliousc, of Philadelphia, was the first American that solved tho problem. He compared the elements of the comet of 17 10, and says of it, in a letter to the Prcsideut of tho American - Philosophical Society: ' Herewith I send you the fruit of three or four days' labor, during which I have cov ered several sheets, and literally drained my lukstand several times.' Our celebrat ed countryman and neighbor, Dr.' Bow ditch, computed the elements of the great comet of 1807, and the still greater one of 1811, the hitter yet remembered by all our aged citizens, as appearing in the au tumnal months of that year, which , ' burned In llio Aretie tkjr, and ftiu iu horrid bur ' bliojk peeiilenue Mid war.' , In 1849, the learned world in America and Europe was astonished at the produc tion of the elliptic elements of the first comet of that year, by the wonderful Snf ford, then only fourteen years of age. ' No mathematical genius In the history of our raco has before achieved such an honor, at so early nn age. . The late King of Denmark, a great pat ron of astronomy, in the last years of his life, decreed that a gold medal should be awarded to the first discoverer of a comet. Miss Maria Mitchell, of Nantucket, dis covered a comet in October, 1847, aud re ceived therefor a comet medal, aud was further honored by being made a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tho King soon after deceased,' and his successor appropriated his revenues to other purposes. The discontinuance of the Denmark medal lias not in the least de gree abated the zeal of the astronomers. The discovery of the same comet by differ ent astronomers in different parts of the world, ou tho same night, or within a few days of each other, attest their unremitting vigilance. Neirburyport Herald. FinsT Naval Gin of the Revolution. At Marietta, Ohio, repose the remains of almost all those noble men who plnutid New England civilization at tho mouth of the Muskingum. - Among the monuments that speak of the olden time, the traveler will find one inscribed as follows: , " COMMODORE WHIPPLE, . WHO FIRED THE FIRST Gl'X OF THE REVOLU TION ITON THE OCEAN." "; In that dark hour which ' tried the souls of incu' when all seemed lost, and the very idea of an American triumph against the power nnd prestige of Great Britain was actually ridiculed and scouted through out the whole of ( Europe -Commodore lnpplc, standing upon the ucclc of on American vcsscl-of-war, applied the torch to that cannon which first uuuounccd, upon the ' mountain wave,' the decrees of the Continental Congress! '..'.' 'Few persons speak of Whipple now; long years have passed smce ho was laid in the beautiful graveyard at Marietta; but there will ever be some to remember him and the gallant bark which dared, in the fhec of the whole British navy, to ride the highest waves of the Atlantic, with no other banner at her mast-head than that which had been baptized in the blood of Bunker Hill and Lexington. Cincinnati Enquirer. ," , ' ',' ',', " is ' r ' r- . ' ( Blaiu Defeated Br Fraud. To show the size of the fraud at the late election in St. Louis, it is only necessary to state that in 1856, at the close of an exciting and closely contested canvass, Blair, Republi can, received in St. Lon's 5,816 votes, Kcnuctt, American, 4,553, and Reynolds, Democrat, 1,899. At the late election, Blair received in the city 5,596 votes, an increase of .280 over. his, vote ,in 1856 Breckinridge, Airier., 4,887", Wincrease of 334 over Kennett's vote while Barret, Dem., received 5,994, an increase of 4,095 over the. vte of Reynolds!, , . . ; u tST The pitch to which the spirit of irambling will sometimes reach is strikingly illustrated in an anecdote told by Walpole in one of his letters of an incident at White's Chocolate House a famous gam bling establishment in London. A man dropped down dead at the door, and was carried in; the club immediately made bets whether he was dead or not, and when they were going to bleed him, the wagerers for his death interposed, saying it Would affect the fairness of the bet , , , , (M Franklin seized lightning by the tail and pot it through a course of sprouts; Morse put breeches on, and tanght it how to read, write, and do chorea. j- It is not strange that an ass once talked like a man, while so many men talk like asset ' 1 - OREGON CITY, OREGON, OCTOBER 9, 1858. Scotchmen. Tho corth knows no race of such homogeneity oftciiig such love or Uoiuc such pride In an honest and val orous ancestry such thrift and such Intel lcctuul acumen as thut which inhabits Scotland. They aro a peculiar jwoplc, and, whether at home or abroad, cherish with religious euro the noble history of their nation. Well may they be proud of the una or their birth. From the dim twilight of M middln ages to the full noonduy of the nineteenth century, few lands have been so conspicuous In regulat ing the political, literary, aud theological affairs of the world. ' Was not Ossian ol Scottish birth the first of poets who swept tho lyre iu North ern climes, and whose resounding eloquence still finds nn echo In the hearts of thous ands f Who but John Knox first thun dered the words of truth aud righteousness on tho British Isles--himself the Boanerges or tne iicrormation r licro do the an nals of the world furnish us with nobler in stances of heroic and patient suffering than characterized the poor, persecuted Cam- eronians r Has liberty ever had more dur ing aud trusty champions than Wallace or Bruce f Who ever sang sweeter melodies than tho peasant bard Robbie Burns 7 Was tho world ever so enchanted as by the Wizard of the North Sir Walter Scott whose works of prose and verse aro sufficiently ample and inspired to form the literature of any nation f Need we mention Kit North aud his Noctes Anibro sinnfl! the Ettrick Shepherd, Hogg the historians, Robertson, Hume, and Macau lay the political economist, Adam Smith, the philosophers, Stewart and Rcld the poets, Campbell and Motherwell, and a hundred other eet singers ? The lit erary firmamcut is gemmed with Scottish stars. They form a constellation, indeed, beside which nil others ' pale their ineffect ual fires.' When did the pulpit ever give birth to such noble thoughts, clad in the habiliments of tmo eloquence, as those which fell in profuse and golden sentences from the lips of Chalmers ? Where in the late Crimean war was all hope plnccd, when, on the bloody front of battle, the victory seemed nncertain f The Highland- era and Sir Colin Campbell were the re serve conis, and wherever their plaids were seen and tneir piiirocns played the charge, the enemy gave way, and triumph crowned the Allied banners. ' In, cultivating the arts of peace In pros ecuting ' vigorous military campaigns iu wooiujj the muses in discussing philoso phy m writing history tho Scots have ever been a lending people. Their nation ality has been swallowed up by tho Eng lish, but tliey remain as free and uiitram melcd as tho wild winds that blow ucross their moors. It is impossible for a Scot to bo anything but what God made him, nnd his birthright entitles him to. Honest, fru gal, sagacious, far-seeing, industrious, pains taking, and chastened and elevated in spir it, uy early religious education, the Scot is invariably a successful man a jrood citi zentrue to himself, to his ancient faith, and to the hallowed ground where his an cestors repose. Keukuk Journal. ' How a Stohv Onows. The Philadel phia Evening Bulletin gives the following picture of how an excitement was got up in that city the other day: Somebody, yvotcrday, hapjicucd to refer to the. calamity of two years ago, on the North Pennsylvania Railroad, by which so many person's of ou excursion party lost their lives. Somebody else observed that it was just such a hot day as the fatal one of June, 1856, nnd somebody else said what a dreadful thing it would be if a col lision should occur, and how particularly dreadful if tho collision should occur on Gray's Ferry Bridge. A passer-by heard something about a collision on Gray's Ferry Bridge, and re peated the story. It was passed from one to7 another, and spread over town like a conflagration, augmenting iu terror as it spread, till at last we were informed, about half-past two o'clock, that two trains of cars had met on Gray's Ferry Bridge; that the bridge broke down, that five cars, crowded with passengers, had gone into the Schuyl kill, and that a fearful number of lives waclost some said forty-five, others sixty, while others made it one hundred and ten. Other informants said the dead bodies were piled along the road for some distance, while the number of wounded was cnor- mons. The effects of this frightful story were as tonishing. Third street and the newspaper ..offices were in instant commotion Report ers for, afternoon papers, who had no time to go to the scene of disaster, rushed hither and thither, consulting and enquiring of ev erybody, while a number belonging to morning papers departed instantaneously to Gray's Ferry, to get the full particulars, with the names of the killed and wounded, and the harrowing details of this unprece dented calamity. The southwestern part of the town was in great excitement, and carriages and omuibosses went crowded with people, eager to offer assistance or to ascertain if their children or friends were among the victims. ' ExriKixEirra ox the Nntvoci System. M. Brown Seqnard, one of the most dis tinguished of living physiologists, is lectur ing at the college of Surgeons, London. He is well know for laborious researches on the phenomena of the nervous system, in which be has eiade remarkable discover ies, especially as to the incisions. In one of bk lectures, he exhibited guinea pigs which had been experimented on some months ago by catting certain nerves; the hinder limbs became paralyzed, but in time the an imals recovered the power of voluntary mo tion, attended, however, with . a very curious result tho operator could put them in a fit of epilepsy whenever he pleased, i It appears that by tho cutting of tho nerves, the animals lose sensation, ex cept in ono cheek, and if that spot' bo irri tated, a fit Is tbo immediate consequence. Another notiecablo particular is that the lice which Infest the animals congregate on that spot and nowhere else. Whether it be that there is more warmth, or more cr- spiration, than on other parts of the body, is not known; at any rate, physiologists are agreed as to the singular and suggestive nature of the phenomenon. It appears, moreover, that if the sensibility of the sen sitive spot be destroyed, then the guinea pig ceases to be liable to epilepsy. Applying this fact to human physiology, M. Browu Sequard says that there is in the human body a spot discoverable, as he believes, by galvanism, which if deprived of its sens ibility, would in like maimer completely prevent attacks of epilepsy. These are im portant fucts, which, while they lead to the hope that a distressing disease may be abated, or altogether removed from the list of diseases, that we have yet very much to learn concerning the economy of the ner vous system. Chamber' Journal. , The Policy or tub Eur-Eaon Napo leon. The Intelligent London correspond ent of the New York Commercial Adver tiser writes, in a recent letter: " Tho real policy of the government of France for the present, and the policy she is evidently disposed to follow, is that of ploying all tier force in maintaining the present division of tho map of Eumiie. Louis Napoleon could not sustain himself m attempting to make conquests, and con quests would be of no use to him (except as giving eclat to his army) if ho made them. You may rest assured that the only object of the present immense naval prep arations is to bring France up to the stand ard of the most powerful nution. She be lieves that she ought at ' least to occupy a rank equal to that of England; and as France is essentially a military nation, aud estimates greatness by military power, her rank is only to be attained by the muster ing of an army and a navy that will at least equal those of the strongest nations. By this disjihiy of power, Louis Napoleon will maintain his position of diplomatic me diator in Europe, the most lofty position lie can acquire, (lor it he goes to war tic will be undermined by tho Republicans) while at the same time he will be able to preserve France inviolate from attack. His role is tlms a grand one without going to war, and he is exactly the man to know it. It is therefore, perfectly snfe to predict that Napoleon is not seeking, nor does he desiro a war. cither with England or America, or any other country; and I honestly believe, from a close observation of the French govcnimeiit for many years, that the greatest pacificator In Europe at tho present moment is Louis Napoleon him self. Every act of his government attests it to any one who is not wilfully blind. How absurd is it then to constantly put this mouurch forward as the world's scare crow !" An Old Book. Tho Boston Transcript notices a Bible eight hundred years old, that belonged to the Rev. Dr Duffield, of Detroit, and Bays: "This is not however, the oldcit bonk on the continent. There is, in the library of Harvard College, a Greek manuscript of a portion of the scriptures that is older, by one or two centuries, than Dr. Dnffield's Bible. Aud in a privute li brary in Cambridge there aro several monk ish manuscripts of the entire Bible, similar in every respect to that described. There is also in the same library an cvangelistari- um, or selections from the Gospel for the use of the church a folio volume of over 300 pages, written on parchment In the eighth century, i. e. 1,100 years ago nnd 700 years before the invention of printing. This book is, of course, older by about 800 years than the Detroit Bible, and wo have no account of any other book in this coun try of equal antiquity. We firfd nn ac count of this and other bibliographical rar ities, in Rev. Lather Farnharm's interest ing little work r A Glance at Private Li braries."' ' Colossal Clinton w Sr. PTebsouro. The colossal Church of St. Isaac, the larg est In Europe, with the exception of St. Pe ters, in Rome, has just been finished and dedicated with great pomp and ceremony in St. Petersburg. , The church, which is said to be magnificent as well as gigantic structure, was commenced by Alexander I., in 1818, and has consequently been forty years in the process of construction. Under the Emperor Nicholas great pro gress was made in the building, but he did not live to witness its completion. The church will probably stand for centuries, monument of Russian greatness and perse verance. : Its style to unique, and for a long time gave umbrage to the Slavophiles, who preferred an exclusive Russian style, similar to that of the Krcmb'n churches of xi i. . ,.j v - a jiu-luw. a awumumeu vj . . three hundred ud forty feet high, ropport- the side of Truth iu every issue. No. 2C. ed by twenty-five polishid granite pillars, and surrounded by a massive bronze gal lery. It has four fronts, furnished with por ticoes of ouo hundred and twelve feet iu length, which arc supported by granito mon oliths fifty feet high. The situation of the building is unequulcd on the placo of St. Isaac, ndjoiuing tho Admiralty-place, with its principal front looking out ou the Neva, and environed by palaces. It overlooks not only the whole city, but Its dome, with its lanterns olid cross, is visible from the entire surrouuding country, as fur as Cron stadt and the Gulf of Finland. The dedication of the church commenced on the 10th of June, with tho consecration of the priucipal altars; tho two other altars wero consecrated on the following day. The dedication was not treated simply as a religious ceremony, but likewise as a mili tary and populur festival. Cost ok a Great College. A letter from New Haven gives the following sta tistics In regard to Yale College: Many readers will lie interested in learn ing what is tho yearly cost of such no insti tution as Yale College. The receipts for the past year have been $55,704, aud the expenditures about $400 less than this amount. Of the receipts, about $25,788 have been derived from tution fees, and tho remainder from various funds. Tho in come from sundry funds devoted to the In crease of the library amounts to $1,656, and the whole amount exiended upon it has been $2,375. The scholarship and prize funds yield $2,987. Tho largest of theso is tho Do Forest, from tho proceeds of which a gold mcdul, valued nt $100, is each year given to that member of the Senior class who writes and pronounces the best English oration. The amount ap propriated for the increase of the Geologi cal Cabinet has been $250. The expendi ture lor " instruction" lias been about ?'2., 000. CinE ron Warts. It is said that by rubbing chalk frequently on wiffts, they will disappear. Moistened pearl-ash has also been known to remove wurts by being rubbed upon them. ' Tin Hitial fir, or Sriim. Wo are all of di inorr or lewuwara of the d rwlly vie'ble iniiirl- oua efiecia pnidueed by the habitual uaa of Inti'il- catiiir nriuka, in the luiliea and tiCia, the ubaorunon of all the g. u. nnia fet-linge, all Ilia louder liuiiuni- lua nnd twret charmce or kite, while llio heart u held under ill (way : bul f. wof ua know the full extent of the vliiiiiire produced by il, both in llie mruud and corporeal f.iculi et. The itritloh and Korvign Med co Chirurgical Review eliowt that the habitual uau ofapiritaarreata lhal melaniorpho- ait o tiuuo wh ell it umtanry (n health, leaving I he elk le Imue at a uaelma burden In Hie bod y, to be converted intolhnt lennl vitalized of nil the or ganic coiMtituenta, oil aud fat, till finally life ilaelf it clogjjcil nl the fouiiuiiit-luad. 1 houKimla of men, according to the review, who have never been inebriated, anuually perish, having thnrlciicd their liven by tippling a little every duy. The drain ar rrttt die uit'laMiorphi'tia of titaue, another drum it taken before thia arrcat centri ; the reaction, tliut pifttponed, beeoniea more iuteiiKi j the depreation it excecatve; more drain! me liikcii ; und n, iu the end, without evor hating ken intoxicated, the tip p'er ejikaintn tho grave, pretenliiie; Ihe airange anomaly of a reaiuuuble be ng periodically apply ingn ira'anti which it tare toimimir and eventually deitroy the vitality of Ihe body, arid divert the no. bier inipultet of llie licurt In in that courae vt Hell ennaccrutot it to a heaven bum life. J he eUect of drinking tpiritt it different limn that produced by w.ne, lor wine n rarely uted except ut nieala, to that the fll'ecta hnvo t ine lo puaa away before a tecond diau bi cornea due, and hence no craving for an increased quantity laexrienco.l' Men am now living, aa a coieurnce, In mbuid old age, who have taken Ihe aame identical number of glustea of wine daily for half a century, without feeling it uecowHii y to iuunata the quantity. Hci, Am. SmallTalk But of nil theexpedienle to mnke the be 11 1 and Ihe bruin gauxy, and to thin life dun n iulo the coiititlency of a eambre handkerchief, tho moat tucceaalul it the little talk and tattle w h.ch, iu aoino charmed ciiclea it cmirleoualy tiyled con vernation. How humnii beluga ran live on audi meagre fare how continue exitlenoo in audi a famine of topic and on inch a tliort allowance of elite ia a grant quealion, if phdiMophy could only a. arch it out. All wo know it, thut audi men ami women there aia who w II (,o on from fifteen lo fourscore, and never a hint ou their loti.bttnnra thai they died at lust of coniuinpfion of Ihe he.ul and tnaruMiiua of the heart I The whole universe of Cod, iprcadlng out iu tpleudnra and tcrmrt, pleading for their attention, ami lin y wonder " where Mr, clomi body got that divine r bbnn to her bonnet 1" The w hole world of literature, through it thouaiind trurnpettof fume, abjuring Ihcm lo regard it garnered ttnrct of emot nil and thought, and they think, "li t high time, if John intends to marry (Sarah, for hun lo pop Ihe ques tion '." When, to be ture, I hit fr pery ia apieed w.lha liltla envy and malice, and prepaiea ila imall dithes of acandal and nice bila of detraction, it bt conn a endowed wllh s tlight, venorroau vi tality, which do a preiiy well, in llie urw iiccnf soul, to carry on llie niach uery ol living, il not in leality of life AT. P. Whipple. Wexdell IfoLMEe ox CoNTaovrner. If a fel low attacked my opiniont In print, would I r ply ? Not I. Doyoa think I don't understand what my Iriend, llie professor, long ago cal'ed Ilia hydro static paradox of controversy f font know what lhal means ? Well. I'll I'll yon. You kr.ow that if yon had a bent tube, on arm of which waa the site of a pi; stem, and the oilier b g enough to hold Ihe ocean, water would stand in the ram bight in one aa lbs o'.her. Controversy equable tool aud wise men in ihe tame way aud th fools know it - The Valr Hei. When Eva brought J lo all mankind, Oid Adam culied her ma Bui when sha woo d wi;h love to k ml, lie then pronounced it wae-naaj ( ' Rut now with folly and with prid', Their husbands' pockets trimming, Tb lavlatw are full of retries, . Tib pmple call them taaiai-awa. Qf It ia important lor all wbe writ for th prevs to reineaibar a few things : 1. To know what they are going ts say. 9. To be surs that il ia wor.by of publieat'oat. t. To writ duuneliy oo only on of lb ehtet. 4. Not lo murder tlx rale of spelling, grammar, and pooeiaat oa. S. la sbort, tariusa, sua ess wacsj uwj have dona. 6. To nuk ao furs" aboot facta, to lu-ep ths Galita Vji be 1-B.lnrtd. and to speak U hrt truth, u a aham whom a win. ADVKRTISINO HATES. On iqttsr (IS liNM r lew) out limnta, $SI " " two iwrlu.ru, 4,00 " tlin-f innt'itioiM, WO Kuh utm)ut UMwrtlen, I,I9 Ittunnabl dtdiwiioiK to tbuM who adtuUM I jr th year. JOB PRINTING. ' Tus riorums or tmi ARGUS is mrrt to iufurm tlx uublie lint ht lit jwt iwtrrtd lr(( itork uf JOII TV I'K and oilier new pr!at in malt-rial, and will b Iu ih ) ny Tree pi aiMiliuui Hii'.rd lo all Ilia n qulrrmrnti ef thia If ciil.ty. 1IANDHII.IX, l'OhTKHH, Til.ANKS, CAKDH, tlUCUI.AIlrt, I'AMI'llI.UT-WGltK and iither kinda. Join 10 order, oa aliort notiro. dinars Facts is Natiral History. Some female spiders produce' neurly 2,000 SIP- Dr. Driglit publUlicd a case of an egg producing an insect b0 years after it must have been laid. About thirty fresh water springs are dis covered under tho sea, on the south of the Persiuu Gulf. ' The Atluntic Ocean Is estimated nt three miles deep, and the Pucific at four niilis. There uro six or seven generations of gnnts in a summer, and each lays S50 egg. There are about 0,000 cells In a sqiuire foot of honey-comb. 5,000 bees weigh a pound. A swarm or bees coutaius irom iu,uuu to 20,000 in a natural state, aud from 30, 000 to 40,000 in a hive. The bones of birds are liolluw, and Dllcu with air instead of marrow. . Fish aro common in the seas of Surinam with four ryes; two of them on horns which grow ou tho top of their heads. iwo thousand nine Minima silK worms produce one pound of silk ; but it would re quire. 37,000 spiders, all females, to pro duce one pound of web. dipt. Uenurort saw near Binyrna, m 1841, a cloud of locusts 48 miles long, and 800 yards deep, containing as he calculated, 1G9 Inll.ons. Lcweuhock reckoned 17,000 divisions in the cornea (outer cont of the eye) of a butterfly, each one of which ho thought possessed a crystnllino lens. Spiders, etc.. are similarly provided for. llio sprniir ol a watch weighs .Ula or a grain: a pound of iron makes 60,000. Tito ponnd of steel costs 2d: j a siuglo spring' 2d. ; so that 00,000 produces '410, or about $2,000. With a view to collect their wens for silk, 4,000 spiders were once obtained, but they soon killed each other. Manufactures aud war never thrive. , Spiders havo four imps for spinning their threads, each pap having 1,000 holes; and the fine web itself is the union of 4,000 threads. 'o spider spins more than four webs, and when the fourth is destroyed they seize on the webs of others. Every pound of cochineal contains 70, 000 insects boiled to death, and from G00,. 000 to 700,000 pounds aro annually brought to Europe for scnrlet and crimson dyes. jar Bull's bay, or llaboul bay, tho tel egraph terminus, Is a bay on tho east side of Newfoundland, In latitudo 47 degrees 25 minutes North, longitude 52 degrees 20 minutes West. Yulentin, or Kinmore, a picturesque island off tho west coast of Ire land, seven miles long and two brood, is separated from tho main land by a strait, a mile and a half In breadth, and contains tho most westerly harbor In tho British isles. The harbor is deep, capacious, and land-locked, nnd hus lately attracted con siderable attention, as the proposed west erly terminus of railway communication and principul station fur Atlantic steanicrs. Illinois Postmasters. The Chicago Times has letters from ono hundred and thirty Postmasters of Illinois, declaring that they are Douglas men, aud do not caro who knows tho fact. They aro with their Democratic brethren, and no threats of removal cau terrify them into supporting Ilrpublicans. As Every-Dav Fact. Tho convexity of the earth interposes to prevent the sight of distant bodies; thus, ut COO yards, 1 inch would be coucculed, or an object an inch high could not be sccu iu a straight lino at 000 yards, 2 inches; at 1400 yards, 5 inches; at 1 mile, 8 Inches; 3 miles, 0 fect; so that at that distance a nuin would be invisible; 4 miles, 10 feet; 6 miles, 10 feet; 0 miles, 24 fect; 10 miles CO feet; 12 miles, 05; 13 miles, 112; and 14 miles, 130 feet. In leveling, it Ls uwal to allow the 10th of au inch in every 200 yards, or 8 inches in a mile, for convexity. l&Whcn a house is Infested with rats which refuse to nibble, at tousled cheese and the usual baits, a few drops of highly scented oil of rhodium, poured on tho bot tom of a cngc-triip, wiil almost invariably attract it full of the " mischievous rodents" before morning. We linvc known this to be tried with extraordinary suecess. Where a trap baited with all manner of edibles had failed to attract a siuglo rat, the oil of rhodium caused it to be complete ly crowded night after night, until tho house, was cleared of these noisome visitors. Tho following story Is current In Virginia: The Baptists wero baptizing some converts; they finished by baptizing an old negro (a slave). The parson not thinking as much of his soul as of the white portion of his converts, let hira drop, and inako his own way to the shore. The negro, blowing and puffing, reached the shore, and sitting on a stump, remarked; " That some gentleman's nigger wonld be killed by sich foolialiiicsa yit." To Cook Rice. I prepare a dish which is preferred to the richest rice pudding, and which is certainly far more wholesome, ac cording to tho following recipe: Slowly simmer the rice in milk three or four hours, or till the grains burst and absorb the milk; add a little sugar, put the whole into a wide dish, and bake till slightly browa. Eat It with milk or butter-Cer. Cuunlrf Out. -